Definition
An establishment that mainly serves coffee, other drinks, and light food.
Translations
- English
- café
- Français
- café
- Türkçe
- kafe
- Polski
- kawiarnia
- Русский
- кафе
- Українська
- кафе
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Café
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- City & Places
café
/das kaˈfeː/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Cafés
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryCity & Places
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Café ist heute gut besucht.NominativSing.The café is busy today.
- Wir besuchen das Café am Nachmittag.AkkusativSing.We are visiting the café in the afternoon.
- Sie sitzt in dem Café am Fenster.DativSing.She is sitting in the café by the window.
- Die Tür des Cafés steht offen.GenitivSing.The café’s door is open.
- Die Cafés im Zentrum schließen spät.NominativPlur.The cafés in the city center close late.
- Wir testen mehrere Cafés in der Altstadt.AkkusativPlur.We are testing several cafés in the old town.
- Die Gäste geben den Cafés gute Bewertungen.DativPlur.The guests give the cafés good ratings.
- Die Öffnungszeiten der Cafés unterscheiden sich.GenitivPlur.The opening hours of the cafés differ.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Café/kaˈfeː/
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Article phrase
das Café/das kaˈfeː/
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Plural
Cafés/kaˈfeːs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Café | die Cafés |
| Akkusativ | das Café | die Cafés |
| Dativ | dem Café | den Cafés |
| Genitiv | des Cafés | der Cafés |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Café besuchen
- Collocationein Café eröffnen
- Prepositional constructionim Café sitzenin + Dativ
- Collocationim Café frühstücken
- Sentence patternDas Café serviert frischen Kuchen.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termGastronomiebetrieb
- Related termRestaurant — restaurant
Café and Restaurant are different types of food-service establishments; a Café typically offers drinks and small dishes instead.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Café“ is an established loanword from French and refers in German to a café or similar establishment.
Word family
- Cafékette
- Caféhaus